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chris christie is able to put aside political differences in a time of disaster. quite different from now democrats treated president bush after katrina. this from james. fitting it tacks an act of god to finally spotlight romney's weaknesses. thank you for your responses and joining me today. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with ashleigh banfield. >> thank you so much. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 a.m. on the west coast. recovery is a word you are going to be hearing a lot of in the next few days. the word normalcy, not so much. in the wake of superstorm sandy, normal life is a far off dream for so many millions in the northeast corridor and points west. worst of all, a still growing toll of lives lost. at least 40 in the u.s. one so far in canada. more than 6 million homes and businesses still don't have electricity but that is a big improvement from yesterday. and while floods and surges with some exceptions have gone down, that just makes the devastation all the more apparent. you are looking at point pleasant beach halfway between new york and atlant
chris christie is able to put aside political differences in a time of disaster. quite different from now democrats treated president bush after katrina. this from james. fitting it tacks an act of god to finally spotlight romney's weaknesses. thank you for your responses and joining me today. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with ashleigh banfield. >> thank you so much. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 a.m. on the west coast. recovery is a word you are going to be hearing a...
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christie, given what chris christie has said about him during the republican convention, it would have been unbelievable. but we're seeing that right now. both of these men want to be together, they need each other right now. they both have to work together to make sure the people of new jersey and some of the other states like new york and connecticut, they get this job done because this is a real disaster. goes to show you how unpredictable the political world can be. the images that we already have seen today and the images we're about to see of governor christie and president obama walking around together in marine one, flying over the shore line of new jersey together, eyewitnessing this destruction and the disaster, they're going to be very powerful images that i think will have an impact on these final days of this election. and obviously they're going to have an impact on the people f they can get the state level, the federal level on track to do what they have to do, to deal with this crisis, that will be good for the folks and millions of people who are suffering as a result
christie, given what chris christie has said about him during the republican convention, it would have been unbelievable. but we're seeing that right now. both of these men want to be together, they need each other right now. they both have to work together to make sure the people of new jersey and some of the other states like new york and connecticut, they get this job done because this is a real disaster. goes to show you how unpredictable the political world can be. the images that we...
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you can see him with governor chris christie. the two of them talking there on the tarmac and meeting other officials who have come to greet him. the two of them are going to be touring some of the most devastated areas from superstorm sandy. both putting partisan politics aside the last couple of days. a unified front between these two. the governor praising the president for doing an outstanding job for keeping him manufactured and for the work that fema has done. these are two men who have talked several times during the last couple of days, and the president saying that he is keeping his phone available for governor christie and the other governors faced with this monumental task. there are boarding marine one. marine one will take them exactly -- it will touch down to the site where it is that the damage is the worst to assess to see firsthand there, but the president, again, boarding the smaller craft, as he typically does, to go the damaged area. we are told it could be hours that they actually tour some of the worst hit p
you can see him with governor chris christie. the two of them talking there on the tarmac and meeting other officials who have come to greet him. the two of them are going to be touring some of the most devastated areas from superstorm sandy. both putting partisan politics aside the last couple of days. a unified front between these two. the governor praising the president for doing an outstanding job for keeping him manufactured and for the work that fema has done. these are two men who have...
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popular vacation pot and chris christie's first stop on the tour of the demolished state and cnn international anchor is live for me now in belmar, new jersey. jim, tourism is huge for folks where you are. how will people move forward? tell me what it looks like today. >> reporter: well, you know, the way that this community of belmar is going to move forward, it is a small community. about 6,000 people year around. 60,000 in the summertime. perhaps even more on the weekends. the only way that these people can move forward or the business community can move forward, tourism can move forward is to get the water out of here, brooke. you know, you look at this stream and say the waters will rece recede. no, they won't. the town is something of a bowl. there are two lakes, two natural lakes. they have to pump that water out. before we get off that shot, brooke, you will be interested to know, bruce springsteen used to go jogging down this street where you see the water. >> where we see the kayaker. >> reporter: down to the beach every morning. yeah. we have met the kayaker and seen him at work tod
popular vacation pot and chris christie's first stop on the tour of the demolished state and cnn international anchor is live for me now in belmar, new jersey. jim, tourism is huge for folks where you are. how will people move forward? tell me what it looks like today. >> reporter: well, you know, the way that this community of belmar is going to move forward, it is a small community. about 6,000 people year around. 60,000 in the summertime. perhaps even more on the weekends. the only way...
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>> reporter: chris christie is known for candor. he doesn't give a damn about politic, not what he cares about right now. this kind of candor's generally served mitt romney well since christie's softened romney in certain times, humanized him in other times. the candor may have helped the president. listen to what christie told nbc this morning. >> on the phone at midnight last night with the president personally. he hasek pedestriexpedited new disaster area. i was on the phone with fema 2:00 a.m. to answer questions they needed answered to get that designation. and the president has been outstanding in this. >> reporter: now it's not like new jersey's a battleground state but to have a high-profile republican praise the president and the federal response, that can't be going over well, at least that well, with romney headquarters in boston now. >> a week before the day that everybody goes out to vote. just the october surprise that nobody could ever suspect or imagine. dana, thank you. appreciate it. >>> super storm sandy wreaking
>> reporter: chris christie is known for candor. he doesn't give a damn about politic, not what he cares about right now. this kind of candor's generally served mitt romney well since christie's softened romney in certain times, humanized him in other times. the candor may have helped the president. listen to what christie told nbc this morning. >> on the phone at midnight last night with the president personally. he hasek pedestriexpedited new disaster area. i was on the phone with...
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the casinos are closed there as of noon by the order of the g chris christie. the city's convention center is now a shelter to storm refugees. a lot of folks who are taking shelter there. i want to bring our chad myers back because i understand we've got a microphone that is working, and you've got a lot of really important details. chad. >> i put a brand new battery in it, i expect them to last. i don't know what happened to that. anyway, here's the center of circulation. all this wind is moving on shore, and it's piling water into long island sound, and it's going to pile water into new york harbor, and we are going to get a segment storm surge there. we're going to get breaching of the barrier islands from about sea side down to sea bright. this is going to be a big deal as the water overwashes those bare dwrerier islands back into toms river as the water surges up into new jersey. we are going to get wind and waves and even some of the waefrz here along the patio mac that may be splashing high enough and push up the patomac high enough to push flooding ther
the casinos are closed there as of noon by the order of the g chris christie. the city's convention center is now a shelter to storm refugees. a lot of folks who are taking shelter there. i want to bring our chad myers back because i understand we've got a microphone that is working, and you've got a lot of really important details. chad. >> i put a brand new battery in it, i expect them to last. i don't know what happened to that. anyway, here's the center of circulation. all this wind...
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it's certainly true that chris christie has warm words for president obama, what appears to be a decisive leadership in the midst of a really tremendous storm. >> do you think he's won the hearts and minds across the country. >> you have states that were very likely to go very favorable for barack obama it might lead to a favorable impression. there's one narrative of decisive leadership and there's another narrative that the response wasn't sufficiently stro strong. >> it doesn't seem that those things have been placed at the feet of the mayors and the governors. >> the one thing about president obama is the decisive actor. i agree with hillary's reading that this appears to have stopped mitt romney's momentum. the question is this going to be the deciding factor. and what happened with employment leading up to the 18 months leading up to the congressional midterm elections, the employment situation is a little bit stronger. so i think that those fundamentals that matter most. >> it sounds like it could go both ways when you talk about that jobs report, romney trying to use it to his adv
it's certainly true that chris christie has warm words for president obama, what appears to be a decisive leadership in the midst of a really tremendous storm. >> do you think he's won the hearts and minds across the country. >> you have states that were very likely to go very favorable for barack obama it might lead to a favorable impression. there's one narrative of decisive leadership and there's another narrative that the response wasn't sufficiently stro strong. >> it...
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late yesterday, new jersey chris christie ordered that there be extended voting hours past the weekend. power is slowly being restored. more than 2 million people along the eastern seaboard are still without electricity, 700,000 of those are in new york making for a very cold night with temperatures expected to hover just above freezing. on a positive note, though, new york city public schools will reopen tomorrow. skool schools that were heavily damaged will remain closed, and students in those schools will be assigned temporary locations. some recovery there but still a long way to go. >>> two days before election day. what have the campaigns done right and where have they missed the mark? we're going to break it down with our cnn contributors. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] don't just reject convention. drown it out. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new pursuit. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. we'rwith questions fromtump sombing elections.kies do you know where your polling place is? maybe somewhere around my house. mine's just,
late yesterday, new jersey chris christie ordered that there be extended voting hours past the weekend. power is slowly being restored. more than 2 million people along the eastern seaboard are still without electricity, 700,000 of those are in new york making for a very cold night with temperatures expected to hover just above freezing. on a positive note, though, new york city public schools will reopen tomorrow. skool schools that were heavily damaged will remain closed, and students in...